My notes:
Slide 2:
Provocation! I was running yesterday and listening to this podcast and thought this sat pretty well with what I’m presenting to you today. What do you think?
Provocation! I was running yesterday and listening to this podcast and thought this sat pretty well with what I’m presenting to you today. What do you think?
Slide 3:
These are some photos I took of the school. It was completed in 2013. It’s a PPP (public private partnership) which means that the company that built it is responsible for maintenance and ensuring it does what they said it will do. Maurie Abraham, principal of the Secondary School, therefore spends his time on aspects of teaching and learning rather than capital concerns. Hobsonville Point Primary School was built at the same time and is 100 metres down the road. The two schools work together and have one Board of Trustees. More information at: http://www.beehive.govt.nz/sites/all/files/Hobsonville%20School%20Public%20Private%20Partnership%20Q%20and%20A.pdf
Slide 4:
This is the main entrance and cafe. Pretty cool!
Slide 7:
The physical space is seductive, I have to admit. It’s very new and shiny. But the message is very clear: it’s not about the new space (although it’s lovely).
The physical space is seductive, I have to admit. It’s very new and shiny. But the message is very clear: it’s not about the new space (although it’s lovely).
Slide 8:
The discussion is more around the way we view student agency. Should we have bells? Why? Should we stay in classrooms (cells) all day? Why? Why only an hour per ‘learning activity’ (or whatever you want to call it).
The discussion is more around the way we view student agency. Should we have bells? Why? Should we stay in classrooms (cells) all day? Why? Why only an hour per ‘learning activity’ (or whatever you want to call it).
Slide 10:
Maurie Abraham talked a lot about the ‘silo’ing of subjects. At HPSS, teachers are teamed up across curriculum areas and team teach. Steve Mouldey, a learning leader at HPSS, has blogged about this: https://stevemouldey.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/developing-coteaching-hpss-style/
Maurie Abraham talked a lot about the ‘silo’ing of subjects. At HPSS, teachers are teamed up across curriculum areas and team teach. Steve Mouldey, a learning leader at HPSS, has blogged about this: https://stevemouldey.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/developing-coteaching-hpss-style/
Slide 11:
Term 1 timetable 2014.
Term 1 timetable 2014.
Slide 18:
I was really limited by the confines of the conference (BYOD) and couldn’t/didn’t ask many questions around these things. What it did do for me was start a whole heap of questions about education which I explored and continue to explore in my own time online.
One thing about the learning hubs - as much time spent in these as a conventional class (nearly 4 hours a week by the latest timetable). A commitment to 15 students MAXIMUM.
Slide 20:
So why do I care and why do I think we should all care? The ERO Wellbeing Report focuses in on the huge pressures and expectations of the current system (some might say ‘of assessment’).
I think Maurie is right - we need to be worried about the recent ERO report on student wellbeing. And that’s without even considering teacher wellbeing!
Slide 22:
But Hobsonville is not the only one attempting change. Here’s an example from another school. Again, there’s that theme of it NOT being about the physical environment.
But Hobsonville is not the only one attempting change. Here’s an example from another school. Again, there’s that theme of it NOT being about the physical environment.
Slide 23:
Even more ‘modern’! Or sensible? Or radical? Or wonderful? Or ridiculous? There is power in the adjective! One thing is for sure: all questions should start with ‘why’.
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